Lot 154. A mottled pale grey jade bead, Shang-Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1500-771 BC). Height 2.5 cm, 1 in. Lot sold: 88,200 GBP (Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.

carved with a taotie mask on the curved side and cinnabar traces, a central channel drilled from both ends, the flat side uncarved, stone a mottled pale grey tone and russet inclusions.

Provenance: Collection of Chang Nai-Chi (1952–1957).
Collection of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913–1987).
Christie's New York, 18th March 2009, Lot 280.

Exhibited: Archaic Chinese Jades, The University Museum, Philadelphia, February 1940, cat no. XV, 282. 

Sotheby's. HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day. London, 8 December 2022